He Got a Bad Grade. So, He Got the Constitution Amended. Now He’s Getting the Credit He Deserves.

This story was originally performed as part of Pop Up Magazine.With everything that’s going on in politics these days, it helps to remember the power that we have as individuals to make change. Examples of this are far too few, of course.But there is one that stands out. And you’ve probably never heard it.The story begins in 1982. A 19-year-old sophomore named Gregory Watson was taking a government class at UT Austin. For the class, he had to write a paper about a governmental process. So he went to the library and started poring over books about the U.S. Constitution — one of his favorite topics.“I’ll never forget this as long as I live,” Gregory says. “I pull out a book that has within it a chapter of amendments that Congress has sent to the state legislatures, but which not enough state legislatures approved in order to become part …READ MORE ON KUT.ORG